Arbeitspapier

Direct democracy and local government efficiency

This paper studies the role of direct democracy in ensuring efficient and cost effective provision of goods and services in the public sector. The sample consists of the population of municipalities in the German State of Bavaria, where in the mid-1990s considerable direct democratic reforms granted citizens with wide opportunities to directly participate in local affairs through binding initiatives. Using information on the municipal resources and the municipal provision of public goods, and applying a fully non-parametric approach to estimate local government overall efficiency, the analysis shows that more direct democratic activity is associated with higher government efficiency. This result suggests that more inclusive governance through direct decision-making mechanisms may induce more accountable and less inefficient governments.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: ZEW Discussion Papers ; No. 14-017

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Semiparametric and Nonparametric Methods: General
Thema
Direct democracy
Public sector efficiency
Conditional efficiency

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Asatryan, Zareh
De Witte, Kristof
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW)
(wo)
Mannheim
(wann)
2014

Handle
URN
urn:nbn:de:bsz:180-madoc-361213
Letzte Aktualisierung
10.03.2025, 11:44 MEZ

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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Asatryan, Zareh
  • De Witte, Kristof
  • Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW)

Entstanden

  • 2014

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